The sexually frustrated woman has been waiting three days to have sex. However, in this Shaft cartoon, the man has the power. Spiegelman's observation is a terrific summary of the Jack Cole Playboy cartoon formula: bombshell women wielding extreme sexual power over impotent men.
Perhaps it's simply that the thin, pinched, unhappy woman in this cartoon is much plainer than the typical Jack Cole Playboy women, who Art Spiegelman called "estrogen souuffles who mesmerized the ineffectual saps who lusted after them." The cartoon here is very much in the same vein as the dozen Jack Cole cartoons recently discovered in a 1955 issue of Mirth (see my post here). This is the period that Cole was experimenting and fine-tuning what would become a successful new formula. More than 450 cartoons feature sweet young things, terrible tarts, winsome wives, suitors, and studs-a riotous chronicle of five decades of Playboy cartoons.It's sexual humor, and sophisticated enough for Playboy. Hefner himself, the pages are filled with the distillation of the entire cartoon archive, offering insightful commentary on topics from the sexual revolution to relationships, money, and politics. Now, Playboy celebrates its golden anniversary with this glorious collection of the finest and funniest cartoons. Hip subversives and sly revolutionaries all, Playboy's artists have continually proffered a sophisticated brand of humor sorely missing in other men's magazines.
Their spectacular stable of artists includes luminaries such as Buck Brown, Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Doug Sneyd, Gahan Wilson, and hundreds of others. Summary For over 50 years, Playboy magazine has showcased the world's best and brightest cartoonists.
Playboy: 50 Years of Cartoons Hugh Hefner Sorry, the publisher does not allow users to read this book from the country from which you are connecting.
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